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There is no physical phenomenon that causes the log-linear trend, its just a model that happens to fit for a small select period of history. Moore's law isn't a

by jamez1 7y ago

There is no physical phenomenon that causes the log-linear trend, its just a model that happens to fit for a small select period of history. Moore's law isn't an actual law I hope you understand that.. Rising prosperity comes with rising energy consumption. If China didn't export so much it wouldn't be able to import the fuel that it used. Its dramatic rise was definitely not a given.

namirez 7y ago
> There is no physical phenomenon that causes the log-linear trend, its just a model that happens to fit for a small select period of history. Of course it's a model. Please look up the Kardashev scale and correlations that people have developed based on it [1]. The energy output is not necessarily coupled with the CO2 emission unless we burn fossil fuels to generate power. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale#Current_status_of_human_civilization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kardashev_scale#Current_status...